Yasiel Puig of the Dodgers is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Puig homered twice and went 2-for-3, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 10-2 win over the Padres. It is the first time in his career Puig has earned overall Player of the Day honors. He is in his fifth Major League season and has 11.5 Box-Toppers points, including the 2.0 he earned Thursday.

American League Player of the Day—Geovany Soto of the White Sox hit two homers in the 11-2 win over the Tigers. Soto went 2-for-3 and drove in four runs.

Batters of the Day—There are no separate National League or American League Batters of the Day for Thursday since both the overall Player of the Day and AL Player of the Day are batters—Puig and Soto.

Debuts—Two players made their Box-Toppers debut Thursday, the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors:

Rockies pitcher Antonio Senzatela (5IP 2H 0R 3BB 6K ND in the 2-1 win over the Brewers) was making his Major League debut Thursday. He is the 3,760th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Mariners pitcher Dan Altavilla (1IP H 0R 0BB 3K W in the 4-2 win over the Astros) made his Major League debut Aug. 27, 2016, and was playing in his 18th career game. He is the 3,761st player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Puig earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Soto earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. All of Thursday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

About Box-Toppers—Box-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.

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Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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    Score
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    6.0
    LAD 10, SD 2
    Yasiel Puig, RF
    3
    3
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    `COL 2, MIL 1
    Antonio Senzatela
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    2
    0
    0
    3
    6
  

    AL
    5.0
    CHW 11, DET 2
    Geovany Soto, C
    3
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.2
    NYM 6, ATL 2
    Matt Harvey (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    3
    2
    2
    0
    4
  

    
    3.0
    MIA 4, WSH 3 (F/10)
    J.T. Realmuto, C
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    SEA 4, HOU 2
    Dan Altavilla (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    2.2
    TOR 5, TB 2
    Jason Grilli (S,1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    0.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    CIN 7, PHI 4
    Adam Duvall, LF
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    ARI 9, SF 3
    David Peralta, RF
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    MIN 5, KC 3
    Brandon Kintzler (S,1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    CHC 6, STL 4
    Kyle Schwarber, LF
    4
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    OAK 5, LAA 1
    Ryon Healy, 1B
    3
    1
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

` Pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players

Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Players of the Game. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (’17). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’16-17), the period 2012-2017 (’12-17) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2017 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2016 total (+/-).


Player of Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Puig, Yasiel 3193	rf	lad nl	2.0	5.5	11.5	11.5	-1.5
Soto, Geovany 2409	ca	chi al	1.7	1.7	6.2	26.9	1.7
Duvall, Adam 3573	lf	cin nl	1.0	7.5	9.0	9.0	-5.5
Realmuto, J.T. 3491	ca	fla nl	1.0	6.5	11.5	11.5	-4.5
Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	1.0	4.0	37.4	37.4	-2.0
Healy, Ryon 3685	1b 3b	oak al	1.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	-2.0
Grilli, Jason 2209	pi cp	bal al	1.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	-5.0
Peralta, David 3370	rf	ari nl	1.0	1.0	12.9	12.9	1.0
Schwarber, Kyle 3536	lf ca	chi nl	1.0	1.0	6.0	6.0	1.0
Kintzler, Brandon 3150	pi cp	min al	1.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.0
Altavilla, Dan 3761	pi mr	sea al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Senzatela, Antonio 3760	pi sp	col nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0